try one's luck

Example Sentences

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But to Roulettenberg I shall not go until next year, for they say it is bad to try one's luck twice in succession at a table.

From The Gambler by Hogarth, C. J.

Indeed, there is the advantage that if one does not find one’s companions agreeable one can make a change and try one’s luck in another boat.”

From With Cochrane the Dauntless by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)